PREMIUM HARDWARE DESIGN

With decades of experience, MSI is no stranger to building high performance motherboards. Their R&D and Engineering teams have reviewed countless designs and evaluated a wide selection of high quality components to develop products like this Motherboard for extended reliability even under extreme gaming conditions.

Cooling

THERMAL SOLUTION FOR MORE CORES AND HIGHER PERFORMANCE
With higher core Processors, thermal and power design is more important to make sure the temperature keeps lower. MSI extended PWM heatsink and enhanced circuit design ensures even high-end Intel CPU to run in full speed with MSI motherboards.

M.2 Shield Frozr
World's fastest SSDs can start to lower performance when getting hot. Part of the motherboards heatsink design, M.2 SHIELD FROZR is the next generation M.2 thermal solution to avoid this by offering the best thermal protection to make sure that SSD maintains maximum performance.

FULLY CONTROLLABLE IN BIOS AND SOFTWARE
MSI motherboards let you manage speeds and temperatures for all your system and CPU fans. Total Fan Control allows you check your primary system characteristics in a simplified graphical interface. You can also set up to 4 temperature targets for CPU and motherboard, which will adjust the fan speeds automatically.

Frozr AI Cooling
Detecting CPU & GPU temperatures and automatically adjusting fan duty of system fans to a proper value by adopting MSI AI ENGINE in the correct Peformance, Silent and Manual Modes.

OPTIMIZED FOR WATER COOLING
Designed to support the most popular All-In-One & customized water cooling solutions on the market, a dedicated water pump PIN header gives you full control of the water pump speed. A clearly marked "keep-out-zone" allows for easy and safe installation and a perfect fit.

Enhanced Performance

EZ M.2 Clip
Have trouble turning screws? MSI innovative EZ M.2 clip assist you install an M.2 SSD quickly and effortlessly.

EZ DEBUG LED
Ran into trouble? Onboard LEDs for key components will indicate the source of the problem so you know exactly where to look to get it up and running again.

Reliable Components

PCB Design
The PCB design has been optimized for higher bandwidth and faster transfer speeds, which is also beneficial for reliable circuit transmission.

• 6 PCB layers
• 2oz Thickened Copper Consruction

ENHANCED PERFORMANCE

Lightning Gen 4

Fast Future-Ready Storage
MSI motherboards support all the latest storage standards, which allows users to connect any ultra-fast storage device. Higher efficiency makes your work faster and easier.

Lightning Gen 4 PCIe
MSI lightning Gen 4 PCI-E is the latest and the fastest PCI-E data transfer solution with 64GB/s of transfer bandwidth that has doubled compared to its previous generation. PCIe 4.0 maintains both backward and forward compatibility with older and newer specifications.

Optane: Boost Your HDD to Perform Like a SSD
PC Enthusiasts can now enjoy the performance of an SSD on their HDD by coupling it with the new Intel® Optane™ Memory device. Intel® Optane™ technology provides an unparalleled combination of high throughput, low latency, high quality of service, and high endurance.

Memory

Memory Boost & XMP
MSI OC LAB does not merely work hard on extreme overclocking. The XMP memory profile has great improvement on performance and efficiency for B660. Easy to enable XMP profile with auto power settings to get the best memory speed and stability.

A Huge Step Up in DDR Performance
MSI OC LAB does not merely work hard on extreme overclocking. The XMP memory profile has great improvement on performance and efficiency for B660. Easy to enable XMP profile with auto power settings to get the best memory speed and stability.

Bios & Software

MSI Center
MSI brand new MSI Center unifies a suite of MSI software utilities into a single centralized application. Take control of advanced motherboards features and unleash endless possibilities.

Click Bios 5
Get more from a loaded BIOS designed for ease of use. Fine-tune the motherboard for gaming performance, efficiency, or overclocking world records!

• CREATOR GENIE
  Quickly overclock your CPU with a single button for more performance
• XMP
  Choose from a preset XMP profile and automatically overclock compatible DDR memory
• M-FLASH
  Conveniently flash or upgrade the BIOS in a few minutes from the CMOS Setup Utility
• HARDWARE MONITOR
  Get immediate access to your critical hardware information in real-time including temperature, memory capacity, clock speed, and voltage
• MEMORY TRY IT
  Get extreme speed out of your system memory and get more performance
• SEARCH & FAVORITES
  A permanent search & favorite option in the top right corner moves you through the BIOS menus quickly

RESIZABLE BAR
Resizable BAR (Re-Size BAR) is an advanced PCI Express feature that enables the CPU to access the entire GPU frame buffer at once and improve performance.

CONNECTIVITY

MSI Motherboards are built with a variety of connectors to satisfy gamers. Enhanced audio, advanced LAN networking capabilities, USB and Mystic Light turn any gaming experiences into immersive ones.

Networking

High Bandwidth and Low Latency Network
2.5Gbps LAN provides incredible data transfer speed faster than general Gigabit LAN. This is a premium solution for demanding users.

Optimize Online Gaming Traffic For Lower Latency!
MSI LAN Manager automatically classifies and prioritizes the latency-sensitive applications for online games, giving you the best online gaming experience with low latency.

MSI LAN Manager

• Automatically prioritizes games above other applications
• Allows you to change applications' traffic priority
• Allows you to customize bandwidth for each application

Audio

Audio Boost

• Dedicated High Definition Audio Processor
  Make sure you enjoy the purest sound quality in both stereo and surround sound
• High Quality Audio Capacitors
  A high fidelity sound experience with exceptional acoustics and realism for studio level headphones is ensured
• HD Audio Connectors
  Keep you sound perfect by transmit your audio with pure digital signal

Isolated Audio Signal

• Isolated Audio Design Like a dedicated sound card, audio components and circuits have been laid on a reserved motherboard section and electrically isolated
• Separated audio layers for clean left & right channels Using separated layers in the PCB ensures equally pristine sound quality for both left and right audio channels

De-Pop Protection

Audio Boost protects your ears by eliminating those annoying loud popping sounds when you plug/unplug devices or turn your PC on/off.

Additional Information:

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System Requirements

• Windows® 11 / 10, 64-bit

I/O Panel